Gearing for operating washing-machines



(No Model.) G. H. CONNOR.

GEARING FOR OPERATING WASHING MACHINES, GHURNS, m. No. 271,795. PatentedPeb.6,1883.,

.WI'INESSES v INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. CONNOR, OF COLUMBUS, KANSAS.

GEARING FOR OPERATING WASHING-MACHINES,,CH'URINS, 86C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,795, dated February6, 1883.

Application filed August 3, 1882. (No modeLl letters of reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of the motive power. Fig. 2'is a front view of thedrivingwheel, showing the teeth on the face of the drivingwheel. Fig.dis a sectional view through the solid and hollow shafts.

This ini ention relates to a motive power which is especially designedfor churns, but which is applicable to other machines; and the nature ofmy invention consists in the combination of a driving-wheel the face ofwhich is provided with segmentally-arranged teeth, with piniuns havingflanges on their ends and nuts adapted to bereceived in said flanges, aswill be hereinafter explained.

In the annexed drawings, let A designate the top of a churn; B B,standards secured upon it; and C, a horizontal shaft, on one end ofwhich is a hand -crank, G. 011 the opposite end oftheshaft G is keyed adisk, 0 on the face of which spurs or cog teeth are formed, as indicatedby a. The teeth form the arc of a semicircle.

The remainder of the face of the disk is plain. V V The letter I)designates a tube, which is fitted over a vertical shaft, E, and whichserves as a sleeve or shoulder, against which the recesses in thepinions are adapted to bear, as seen in Fig.3 ot' the drawings, and theobject of which will presently more fully appear.-

On the upper end of the shaft E is applied a pinion, F. This pinion isrecessed from the under side, the recess being of a diameter slightlylarger than that of the tube D, whereby it easily tits down upon saidtube. The

pinion and shaft.

upperend of the shaft is screw-threaded, and

the upper side of the pinion is provided with radial feathers or lugs G,between which is I adapted to fit a nut, H. Th'isnut being screwed onthe shaft untilit reaches the lugson the pinion,itisthen slippedbetweenthem,and the nut and pinion revolved together until the recess inthe latter binds against the upper end of the tube, thus making aconnection between the The shaft E is also screw-- threaded near thelower end ofthe tube D. By

this construction the pinion F and nut H are applied and held in themanner above mentioned, and by which construction the pinions may beremoved and new ones instantly applied when they have become seriouslyworn or a tooth gets broken.

. The lower guide and bearing for the shaft E is through the head A, andthe upper bearing and guide is through the horizontal por' tion of thebracket J, which latter is rigidly secured to the head A. The teeth a ofthe disk G will alternately engage with the wheels F F and the toothedpinions F F, having feathers G G, and nuts engaging therewith, allconstructed and adapted to operate substantially in the manner and -forthe purposes specified.

In testimony whereofl affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 26th day of April, .1882.

e. H. CONNOR.

Witnesses JOHN D. LEWIS, O. W. DURKER.

